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Emeric Pressburger
Director 1902 - 1988

Emeric Pressburger

Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Emeric Pressburger (born Imre József Pressburger; 5 December 1902 – 5 February 1988) was a Hungarian British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in an award-winning collaboration partnership... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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14 titles
Ill Met by Moonlight

Ill Met by Moonlight

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1957 1h 44m 6.3

Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.

The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1956 1h 59m 7.1

A true WW2 story: the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.

Oh... Rosalinda!!

Oh... Rosalinda!!

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1955 1h 44m 5.0

Pseudonym Dr. Falke pursues his wife through disguises and deceptions in postwar Vienna, an operetta adaptation involving occupying powers' protagonists, not a staged production but a cinematic reimagining.

The Tales of Hoffmann

The Tales of Hoffmann

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1951 2h 7m 8.1

A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.

The Elusive Pimpernel

The Elusive Pimpernel

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1950 1h 49m

Foppish Sir Percy Blakeney, who secretly leads a double life as the daring rescuer of French aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolution, fights to save his brother-in-law while his wife is manipulated by the villainous Chauvelin into helping capture him, unaware of her husband's true identity.

Gone to Earth

Gone to Earth

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1950 1h 51m 8.5

Jennifer Jones plays Hazel Woods, a beautiful young English Gypsey girl who loves animals and in particular her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack Reddin (David farrar) a fox hunting squire who vies for her affection and pursues her even after her marriage to the local pastor.

The Small Back Room

The Small Back Room

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1949 1h 46m 7.5

As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.

The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1948 2h 13m 8.5

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1947 1h 40m 8.0

based on the novel of the same name by Rumer Godden. It is a psychological drama about the emotional tensions within a convent of nuns in an isolated Himalayan valley

A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1946 1h 44m 8.5

When a young airman miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake, and despatch an angel to collect him.

'I Know Where I'm Going!'

'I Know Where I'm Going!'

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1945 1h 31m 7.7

A 33-year-old Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé, but when the weather keeps them apart from each other on separate islands, she begins to have second thoughts.

A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1944 2h 5m 7.7

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1943 2h 43m 8.5

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way.

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1942 1h 42m

On its way back from a raid on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, a British bomber is shot down over Nazi-held Holland. Parachuting into Dutch farmlands under cover of darkness, the six-member crew connects with members of the local resistance, who shelter the Brits from their Nazi inquisitors as they make their way towards freedom.

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